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Movement Research Studies Project, “Dance and Publish”
Hosted by Moriah Evans, Editor-in-chief, The Movement Research Performance Journal
Biba Bell and Will Rawls, co-Editors, Critical Correspondence

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As MR’s two publications — the Performance Journal (semi-annual print edition) and Critical Correspondence (monthly web edition) — move into their respective 3rd and 2nd decades, the editorial teams hoped to enter into a more robust dialogue with their colleagues in the field.

The event brought together agents of the dance publishing world in New York and members of the interested public. Buoyed by wine and modest vittles, we broke into three working groups focused on three themes: Design, Circulation and Content. Each working group had auxiliary prompts and exercises to guide a hands-on, brains-on practicum leading to a larger, group conversation.

In preparation, the hosts asked that attendees bring a clutch of journals, periodicals, catalogs and/or websites that serve as their primary sources for dance content.

Studies Project: Dance & Publish 
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 ///  6:15-8pm ///
Gibney Dance at 890 Broadway, 5th fl.

Hosted By
Moriah Evans, Editor-in-chief, The Movement Research Performance Journal
Biba Bell & Will Rawls, co-Editors, Critical Correspondence.

LIVE STREAM BEGINS AT 7PM (with group discussion portion)

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It is with pleasure and anticipation that we invite you to an upcoming Studies Project sponsored by Movement Research. As MR’s two publications—the Performance Journal (semi-annual print edition) and Critical Correspondence (monthly web edition)—move into their respective 3rd and 2nd decades, the editorial teams hope to enter into a more robust dialogue with their colleagues in the field.

The two-hour event will bring together agents of the dance publishing world in New York and members of the interested public. Buoyed by wine and modest vittles, we will break into three working groups focused on three themes: Design, Circulation and Content. Each working group will have auxiliary prompts and exercises to guide a hands-on, brains-on practicum leading to a larger, group conversation. The salon will be hosted by Moriah Evans, Editor-in-chief, The Movement Research Performance Journal, and Biba Bell & Will Rawls, co-Editors, Critical Correspondence.

In preparation, we ask only that you bring a clutch of journals, periodicals, catalogs and/or websites that serve as your primary sources for dance content.

This Week at Movement Research…

MELT “Movie Night” with Dean Moss
Tuesday July 8. 7pm.
Gibney Dance Center, 890 Broadway.
Free and open to all.

MELT Reading Group with Biba Bell
Thursday July 10. 7pm.
Jimmy’s No. 43
43 East 7th Street
Free and open to all. $5 suggested donation.
RSVP Here.

Movement Research Summer MELT Intensives 2014

Week 1. July 7-11

RoseAnne Spradlin. Deepening Technique, Explorations in Body-Mind Centering®) 10:00 am-12:00 pm $120

Hristoula Harakas.  Technique 1:00 pm-3:00 pm $120

Dean Moss. rituals and experience 3:30 pm-6:00 pm $140

Joe Levasseur. Lighting Design for Dance 6:30 pm-10:00 pm (M,T,W). 5:30 pm-9:30 pm (Th,F) Register here

Summer MELT 2014 will run from July 7 – August 8, 2014. All workshops take place at Danspace Project (131 10th Street), except where noted.

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ONGOING CLASSES:

Barbara Mahler. Klein Technique™.
Tuesday, Thursday 10am-12pm. $14
Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway
Barbara Mahler is a widely respected performer, choreographer, movement educator, bodyworker, and a recipient of a 2013 BAX Arts Educator Award. She travels extensively as a guest artist to many festivals and colleges across the U.S, Canada, and Europe, and as a master teacher of and major contributor in the development and outreach of Klein Technique™. Her choreographic vision and passion is the small and intimate dance. An alumni of Hunter College, NYC, she holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Barbara has been a recipient of the Sage Cowles Land Grant, Meet the Composer, and has been a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence, a recipient of CAVE residency, and a member of LEAP, 2011-12. She is part of EMERGE 2014, a collaborative residency event at EarthDance. She is senior faculty and certified practitioner of ZeroBalancing. www.barbaramahler.net
Read Barbara’s class description here

Contact Improvisation with Bradley Teal Ellis.
July 2-July 30. Wednesday 6-8:30pm. $14
Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway, 537 Broadway, 4th Fl.
Bradley Teal Ellis is a Brooklyn based improviser. Bradley has practiced Contact Improvisation for 15 years. He has performed improvisation at Dance Theater Workshop, MoMA PS1, Joyce Soho, 92nd Street Y, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Performa and other institutions. Bradley has been a guest teacher at UNC-Greensboro, University of the Arts, Temple University, Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), 100 Grand Studio, Gibney Dance, The New School for Dance and NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing.
Read Bradley’s class description here

Janet Panetta. Ballet for Contemporary Dancers.
July 7-18 M T Th F 12-2pm $17
Gibney Dance Center, 890 Broadway 5th Floor

The Underscore. Underscore Facilitators.
2nd and 4th Sundays. 5-8pm. $5
Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway, 537 Broadway 4th Floor

From the Studies Project: WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY DANCE  and WHERE DOES IT COME FROM and WHERE IS IT GOING?
Initiated by  The Bureau for the Future of Choreography

Post (Para?) Studio Dance: A Walk through the Labyrinth
by Biba Bell

When invited into the conversation proposed by The Bureau…

[What might a flowchart for contemporary dance look like? Where and when does your flowchart for contemporary dance start? Where does it end? What are your ideologies and how do you name them? What are your histories and how do you write them–especially those that have not been formally written?]

… I immediately focused on the question of the contemporary. What makes dance contemporary? Is it a moment, perspective, set of materials… what does it look like? What is it aligned with or against?

I’ve been teaching in Detroit some the past year where there are a lot of competition studios and this is the main point of entry for many of the dancers that I’ve worked with in the University. So, to them contemporary has a different meaning – more along the lines of a genre, Read the rest of this entry »